“In the name of Annah the Allmaziful, the Everliving, the Bringer of Plurabilities, haloed be her eve, her singtime sung, her rill be run, unhemmed as it is uneven!”

Finnegans Wake, I.5.104

In celebration of Bloomsday, the Burns Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit on James Joyce. This exhibit is on display in the Burns Library from June 16th through September 12, 2015.

Born in Dublin though seemingly fated never to return, Irish novelist and poet James Joyce (1882 – 1941) attempted to transpose the common life of his native city onto a heroic scale through a series of progressively experimental novels. Frequently autobiographical in content yet mythological in substance, they enthralled readers in Joyce’s personal odyssey while exasperating publishers and provoking censorship.

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Located in the original Bapst Library building on Boston College's Chestnut Hill campus, the John J. Burns Library offers students, scholars, and the general public opportunities to engage with rare books, special collections, and archives.